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How are design studios adapting for the future?

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 10:49:27 GMT

NEW YORK—June 6, 2013. To help designers and firms leverage new possibilities and address future challenges, AIGA has teamed up with Adobe to ask design leaders to envision how their studios will evolve over the next few years.

Hundreds of design students across six continents race to solve the global water crisis

Tue, 28 May 2013 13:36:45 GMT

NEW YORK, December 1, 2008. More than 450 students are currently hard at work on creative projects to solve the global water crisis, using their diverse and disparate backgrounds to help solve a global problem.

Finalists selected in first annual INDEX: AIGA Aspen Design Challenge, “Designing Water’s Future”

Tue, 28 May 2013 13:28:29 GMT

NEW YORK, March 17, 2009. Tasked with developing design solutions to address the global water crisis, design students across the world rose to the challenge in force.

INDEX: AIGA Aspen Design Challenge awards $10,000 grant

Tue, 28 May 2013 13:20:14 GMT

NEW YORK, September 4, 2009. The winner of the 2008–2009 INDEX: | AIGA Aspen Design Challenge, “Designing Water’s Future,” was announced in August at the design fair CODE09 in Copenhagen: Joanna Szczepanska from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

INDEX: AIGA Aspen Design Challenge finalists convene to refine projects with business and design experts

Tue, 28 May 2013 13:10:52 GMT

NEW YORK, July 22, 2009. Experts in design, branding, communications and business joined forces in Aspen last month to meet with seven teams of aspiring designers on a mission to solve the global water crisis.

Designers see brighter demand for design

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:56:34 GMT

NEW YORK—May 14, 2013. AIGA’s Design Leaders Confidence Index was unchanged for the first quarter of 2013, at 101.62 compared to the previous quarter’s 101.72. While the aggregate number is not statistically different, there is optimism in the details.

AIGA and Design Ignites Change join forces to support social innovation

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:59:10 GMT

NEW YORK—March 5, 2013. A new professional fellowship program developed by Design Ignites Change and AIGA aims to support social impact projects by providing seed funding and mentoring to creative professionals.

Design leaders optimistic about a growing design economy

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:25:22 GMT

NEW YORK—February 12, 2013. AIGA’s Design Leaders Confidence Index inched upward in the fourth quarter of 2012, climbing from 100.51 to 101.72. Given the economic anxiety surrounding the Congressional ultimatum on the “fiscal cliff,” this sustained level of confidence seems to bode well for designers.

Eight Designers Awarded the AIGA Medal for 2013

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:30:22 GMT

NEW YORK—February 5, 2013. A lifetime of achievement in design can take many forms. The 2013 recipients of the AIGA Medal, the highest honor of the design profession, represent the range of contributions designers make to clients, future generations and society at large—through inspiration, thoughtful critique, social impact and the education of future design leaders.

Confidence in the design economy lifts slightly

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:46:03 GMT

NEW YORK—November 13, 2012. AIGA’s Design Leaders Confidence Index strengthened in the most recent quarter. For the third quarter of 2012, the index gained, climbing from 94.92 to 100.51, demonstrating continuing optimism within the design profession.